Good Tuesday everyone and welcome to the post summer version of the blog. We are now past Labor Day and that means two things… women can no longer wear white and the blog starts to become more active as talk of fall and winter begins to ramp up. 
While I can’t comment much on the first… I can tell you we will definitely talk about fall and winter a lot more in the coming days and weeks.
We will start with the weather today and it will feel anything but fall like as temps make a run toward the lower 90s. This heat surge won’t last long as it is ahead of a cold front that moves through here later tonight. We are likely to see a broken band of showers and thunderstorms moving in this evening into the overnight hours.
You will be able to track this line here…
There is even a small chance a few of these storms are on the strong or severe side this evening. Here is the latest from the Storm Prediction Center…
The rest of the forecast shakes out like this…
– The air coming in behind the front for Wednesday and Thursday will be much drier and much cooler. Readings will range from the mid and upper 70s for many in central and eastern Kentucky to the low 80s in the west.
– Nighttime lows by Thursday will likely dip back into the upper 40s in several areas.
– A warm front will attempt to swing northward through the region Friday into Saturday and this will likely touch off a few rounds of showers and thunderstorms. You can see the setup here…
A few things about this setup…
1. Moisture from what is left of Tropical Storm Hermine may try to get in the mix… especially Friday into Friday night. Hermine came ashore just south of Brownsvile, Texas Monday evening and will track northward into the plains states.
2. It is not going to rain the entire time Friday through Saturday… but when it does, some heavy rains will be possible.
3. Temps are going to be tough to pinpoint during this time. We should see a heck of a temp gradient setting up from southwest to northeast Friday as the warm/hot air tries to nudge in. Areas north or the warm front that see rain and storms Friday will have temps that struggle in the low and mid 70s. Again… figuring out exactly where this is will take a few more days. 
4. The threat for showers and storms will carry us into the weekend meaning the Cats home opener Saturday may have some issues.
Looking down the road… the pattern continues to progress nicely toward fall as cold fronts look to continue making their way through the region. This will bring period rounds of rains and some shots of cool.
Have a great Tuesday and take care.
Good! At least the pattern is changing somewhat! I mean, think about it…….When is the last time you remember having an ALL DAY rain here? May?
Women can wear white as long as the UK logo is somewhere on the garment.
Come on,rain! We desperately need it!
You know the way this year has gone………extremely dry……extremely wet…..extremely dry…….It will probably be extremely wet again……In a perfect world, we’d get an inch of rain each week in the summer and plenty of snow in winter….:) 🙂 🙂
Workin’ on my rain dance…
Provided that the roads were clear. We gotta appease the people who hate others for liking snow. 😀
Drought conditions are starting to spread farther into Kentucky now. Personally, I think more area than this should be included, and the severety is a little higher than what’s indicated.
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/DM_midwest.htm
28 degrees + 6 inches of snow cover + clear roads = Heaven! 😉
My grass is dead and the wind is blowing dust all over the place at the moment. Please rain, make it to us this time! Hermine, head our way too.
On a much lighter note, I saw two wooly worms today and both were solid black. Isn’t that supposed to mean a COLD winter??!!
I agree with more of the area should be in a drought area. Do I need to send pictures of the area and Lexington of how things are very dry here? Tree’s are now losing their leaves that have been fine during other dry times. It is surprising to see so much of Ohio considered abnormally dry considering how much rain is always on the radar for them while we get nothing.
Jake
Look at all that rain from Hermine! I hope we can tap into some of that here in the Lexington area! My Banana Tree’s and other plants would love to have that rain.
The cooler weather and dry weather is starting to slow down my hardy tropicals growth but I am enjoying the cooler weather at least.
Jake
The drought monitor pretty much has it right. Yes it is dry, but the Lexington area received a bunch of rain less than 60 day ago so it just considered a short term dry period. Wouldn’t be surprised to see “abnormally dry” in the Bluegrass on the new DM Thursday, but wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t either. As for trees, all I’ve seen is some losing a few in an attempt to become more efficient, nothing else.
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Hi, man! I’m completely agree with your way of assessment and all of joined.